The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-10
CLOSE 0F'2THE FAIR,
ARIduT GOOD CROWD YESTERDAY

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GOOD CROWD YESTERDAY
Witnesses some RICH. Good Racing-rhe
Attehdnnc, not nearly up to that Of
= 1hursday but still satl,factory-sov.
oral 4 Accidents on the Track.
The Seventh annual fair Of tho West
Virginia Exposition and State Fair Asao.
ton ended last evening alter remarka.
BILE run Of uuecefu, both financially and in
the matter Of exhibitions. Tho lnst day
Of previous fairs has rsyer been well NJ
tended, but the crowd In attendance yes.
terday mado the day the second beat day
Of tho week, bolng next In size to Thur.
days attendance, which eclipsed anything
the Association had ever known. There
were over l7,Oo01paId admlsulons,Thursday
and tho other admissions oaeily swelled
the number 10 ovor 10000, the number
Of people estimated to have been present
In yesterdays issue. The number Of PEG.
plo that passed into tho grounds yes!or.
day Ia estimated TO have bsen between
5000 and 10000. Tho day was therefore
q most satisfactory one In every respect,
Tho exhibits wero all kept In their places
until O'Clock, 80 that thoae who put oil
attending until tho last day had a chance
to see just as complete chow as
they would. on Any other day oil
tho Fair. After that hour, however,
q speedy demolition OF all diuplays was
begun, and an hour later there was very
chaotic appearance presented In every
part Of the grounds. Tho days racing
was fairly good, marred Bomswhat BY 4
series OF painful accidents to horass and
ridora. J.l'gA,,....f ii. :. ! ,ily :,
UNEXPECTED EuccEss. oi#
Tho auccess OF this years fair is NIL tho
more gratifying because 1t was not looked
for by the great majority Of thoae interest
ed. Cltizsna generally wore inclined to
the belief that there would DO 3 falling
of In every! way on account Of the Biz
Reunion, but II anything that monster
affair helped rather than operated against
the Fair. II made the town famous and
created desire on the part Of outeidesa 10
SEQ more Of 1t. This coupled with the
splendid reputation the State Fair has at.
tanned in tho past for giving people their
moneys worth, and the reputation the
city has for being place whore one can
SEQ considerable and have good time on
q reasonable outlay Of money, made q
combination that brought in outsidsrs in
droves. The attendance from dasant
points in the State was noticeable and in.
dicatea that tho Association 10 gradually
becoming what lis projectors designed It
to be, State affair; and 30 long as 1t is
managed In tie sbls and admirable mem
ner that 1t has been for the past three
seasoro, that long will 1t continue to
grow in size and importance. Tho city
people, were liltlo slow in starting 10 at
tend tho fair, but when the rusk COM
menced they came to the front in great
shape aud rendered tho aid just OF time
when twas most needed. It was thought
that the city people were lacking in appre-
citation OF what the Fair was doing for
them, but the. manor In which thoy
attended the last two days demonstrated
that they fully realized the Importance Of
keeping the fair up.
icHILDsEN's DAY.
There is hut one thing to regret in con.
nection with this years fair and that is a
lille disagreement in .be Board oil Direc.
tors, the result Of bad judgment on the
part OF two or three. That this will be
adjustodin an amicable manner and that
tho present management may be contin-
ued is the sincere wish Of all the friends
and patrons Of tho Fair. To, Ssc'y Hook
md Superintendent Exley and Mondel
and the ladies' and gentlemen who have
filed the positions of Gupsrintsndenta of
departments and been on awarding COM
mittees, too much praise cannot be award.
ed. Especially to the gentlemen named
and the ladies are the thanks of the public
due for the SUCCESS OF SIS fair. Thanks are
likewise due 10 each and every exhibitor
TOR tue pains they vent to to make their
displays es attractive az possible and
thereby assisted in making the big chow
complete and pleasing. 'iH53
Yesterday was School Day, and nearly
all the public schools on both sides
OF the river we're cloHad in crdor to
allow the. children m opportunity to
be present. They were on hand
in sootly numbers and childl:ke took in
everything that was to be seen. While
there was an immense number OF people
on the grounds, at no slime did it appear
as large as it really was, owing to tho ex.
tent Of the buildings and groundr, being
such that the people could easily string
ont. All tho departments were kept in
iull hleat until 1 O'clock, and throughout
the dBy the Hcenss presented wero almost
fully as lively as on the day before. There
was another lnrse delegation OF people
present from tho country and the city was
we'll represented, 5f&25s -,
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